Stand



March 30 1926. 1,578,493

W. D. WINTON STAND Filed Jan. 13, 1925 Patented 7 Mar. 3O, 1926.

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J Visalia, in the county ofTulare andStateof contemplates: the provisionof a 'meansfruit is gathered;

California, have inventeclycertain new and useful. Improvements inaStand,,of'- which the following is al specifications.

This invention: relates to' new. and useful improvements to the-class ofstands which are; used in; connectionz vwith-f the% supporting ofcottonboxes or crates and haskfor lts principah object to priov ide a;stand which will hold a packingzbox inzvariouspositions incident' to the'paokingofwthe same, means being furtherprovided for;,weighi11g-.;tl1econtents-of the packedi box. I

Heretoforeinl ther packing of fruit, the fruit was first gatherediandthQnztTdDSPOI'iJGCl to a packing house wherexit was packed: and weighedand the box finally closed' and placed in condition for shipment. Thisnecessitated the loss of considerable time and labor and therefore the'present"invention wherebythe-fruit may "be packed; weighed and the boxclosed: at :thewplace' where the A furtherfobject of. the inventionzi's. 1to provide a stand? of the above: mentioned character, which: issimple; in construction, inexpensive, strong and durableband furs:thermore adapted for" the purposes for vwhich it is designated;

Other objectsand advantages of this in vention will become apparentduring the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 1s a. side elevation of my 1mproved stand,

7 Figure 2 1s a vertical sectional view thereof,

Figure 3 is a vention, and a Figure 4: is a perspective view of .theimproved stand.

front elevation of the in In the drawing wherein for the purposeofillustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, thenumeral 1 designates generally my improved packing stand and the samecomprises a pair of spaced vertical standards '2 and 3 respec-' tively.As the standards are each of the same construction, the description ofone '13, 7 92 Se i 5 Extending between the forward-g arms of i theinverted U -shaped member-ofthe-standards'2 and' 3, at apointadjacentthenbracing'; member 4 is ahorizontal cross:v bare, A.similar horizontal; cr-ossw-vbarr9 extends between the bracing member l-at aapointq adjacent-the rearwardly disposedarms of; the "standardsvtand the lJar-EQJiS adapted to cooperate with the-horizontalbar 8 in themanner hereinafter to ;beiiinore fully described; w s An;additional'bar: 10 extends between the standard'siandi has its. freeends disposed up wardly.'asilli strated'at 11 and secured tovthe bracemen1bers;. t;ata pointinwardly from the honizontalccrosshams; thebanaldbeing ,1; clisposedbelow the-barrS inwthe manner 'clearlyillustrated ;in Fignresfli and 1E; of" the drawings. Adapted forcooperation, with 9 of the inverted U-shaped members comprisingthestandards 2 and?) respectively and the last mentioned bar is arrangedabove the bar 9 and it is also more clearly illustrated in Figure 2. i

An arcuatemember of tubular material and designated by the numeral 13has its free end secured to the crown portion of the standard adjacentthe rear portion of the stand and the arcuate member 13' provides ameans for carrying a weighing scale designated generally by the numeral14 which may be of any well known construction, and to which isconnected the chains 15 on the free ends of which are arranged thearticle engaging and supporting hooks 16.

The braces and the several bars are formed substantially of the samematerial as that used in the construction oft-he standards, although itis to be understood that any other material maybe substituted therefor.

In use, the

a box such as is shown at A is placedon the 7 stand in such a manner asto have 13116331110 supported at an incline thereby causing the box to.rest on the bars 8, 10' and 12 respec,

tively. The horizontal cross bar 8 will engage the forward end. of thebox andpr w vide a stop thereior whereby the box-will.

beheld inposition on the standl to facilitate the packing of the fruitwhich has been 7 .gathere d'thereini; -Afterthe box has been filled withthe fruit-,the same is removed from the bars 8,

lOand 12 and placed across the bars 8 and 9 'whereby the box issupported in a substantially horizontalposition and the rear endabuts'bar 12. This-construction is'shown I more clearly in the dottedlines'in Figure I.

The weighingoi the contents of the box is accomplished byplacing thehooks l6 on the free ends of the chains 15 underneath the cleatsorstrips B which extend transversely across-"the end-s of the box" in themanner as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing 7 and the box andthe'contents thereof will be free of the stand and: the exact weight ofthe box and 'the contents" thereof may be readily ascertained by readingthe scale 14.

"1t is of courseunderstood that theweight of the box in which thefruitis packed is initiallyascertained so that the net weight of thefruit may be readily known.

After the box and the fruit whichhas been packed therein has beenweighed, the

same is again placed on the horizontal bars 8 and 9 and a top is placedoverthe box and nailed theretointhe'usual manner.- A receptacle-suchas'is shown at 1'7 is arranged on; the stand for receiving thesupply ofg 7 stand ,1 is placed position at the 'placewhere theiruitis gatheredand ravaaea nails which are used in fastening the top to I It will thusbe' seen from the foregoing description, that a stand has been providedwhich is especially adaptedfor use in cong nection with the packing andweighing oi. fruit, althought the same may be used for otherpnrposes,'the simplicity of my improved stand enabllngaperson to saveconweighing boxes Offluit.

While I haveshown the preferred embodiment of my invention, itis to beunderstood that various changes in the size shape siderable time and;labor in packing'jand and arrange'mentof parts may )be resorted towithout departing from the spirit of the invention and thescope-of theappended claim. V

. Having thus described the invention, what Iclann 1s A standlforsupporting a box in an in- .70 tween the standards adjacent theirontthe'reof, to the rear of the front horizontal cross bar, and-below thehorizontal plane 'ofsaid fronthorizontal cross bar, and adapted to be'abutted by the front portion of the bottom of the box, and a thirdhorizontalcross bar disposed between the rear portions of the standardsabove the horizontal plane. of

the front horizontal cross barand to the rear of the second horizontalbar for the purpose of supporting therearportion of the-bot tom-of saidbox.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. WALTER D WI N TON.

